What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

melancholic romantic comic cynic. bi & genderqueer. fantasy writer. sysrae on ao3.

So we were in the supermarket carpark just now, and my husband was getting cranky about the driver in front who was taking so long to do a badly-executed, umpteen-point turn to get into their space that we couldn’t get into ours. Finally a gap opens up, and he says, “Watch this! I’m going to fucking park in here, and I won’t need an eight point turn to do it.”

Me, thinking of the recurring joke on Top Gear about accidents happening whenever a man says “Watch this!” while driving: You know, it’s like that Jeremy Clarkson thing where -

CRUNCH.

Car jolts. Husband stares, disbelieving and furious, at the realisation that he has just scraped the rear side door hard into a concrete pillar.

I bite my lip to keep from laughing and do not quite succeed. Husband glares, gets out to examine the damage - a scrape to the handle and the lower door - then gets back in, decides discretion is the better part of valour, and opts for a different parking space.

So on the one hand, our car is scratched, which sucks. But on the other hand, ironic comedic timing is hilarious.

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